State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,095 Wisconsin births in 1978 across 1,023 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Wisconsin more than they say America.

#73Kurtoutside the national top 200
#49Kari#137 nationally
#86Trisha#171 nationally
#98Mathew#182 nationally
#75Kristine#157 nationally
#48Ann#125 nationally
#53Jodi#128 nationally
#88Neil#159 nationally
#66Lucas#136 nationally
#70Luke#139 nationally
#82Tyler#150 nationally
#34Katie#90 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,435US #1
#2Jessica869US #3
#3Sarah763US #8
#4Melissa727US #2
#5Nicole685US #10
#6Amy645US #4
#7Angela617US #7
#8Heather589US #5
#9Kelly568US #12
#10Rebecca501US #17
#11Michelle479US #9
#12Lisa452US #11
#13Sara451US #28
#14Amanda395US #6
#15Elizabeth385US #14
#16Erin378US #21
#17Stephanie346US #16
#18Kimberly321US #13
#19Jamie314US #20
#20Andrea299US #23
#21Laura285US #19
#22Julie281US #26
#23Rachel259US #25
#24Carrie242US #35
#25Christina234US #15
#26Katherine221US #38
#27Shannon218US #22
#28Christine217US #29
#29Jill217US #46
#30Stacy211US #44
#31Heidi208US #83
#32Tracy202US #47
#33Emily201US #33
#34Katie195US #90
#35Megan177US #41
#36Kathryn173US #57
#37Dawn169US #52
#38Tina165US #45
#39Tara156US #40
#40Crystal154US #18
#41Danielle154US #31
#42Mary153US #24
#43Holly142US #55
#44Erica138US #34
#45Kristin137US #78
#46Tanya136US #82
#47Amber135US #30
#48Ann131US #125
#49Kari131US #137
#50Karen127US #39
#51Susan127US #49
#52Stacey126US #53
#53Jodi124US #128
#54Lori123US #60
#55April119US #27
#56Tammy116US #67
#57Kristy112US #51
#58Tiffany110US #32
#59Gina107US #93
#60Beth106US #107
#61Brenda104US #103
#62Kathleen104US #79
#63Jenny102US #111
#64Kristina102US #64
#65Theresa101US #101
#66Wendy100US #56
#67Nichole97US #116
#68Jaime95US #70
#69Anna91US #65
#70Samantha90US #74
#71Melanie88US #54
#72Renee88US #99
#73Anne86US #119
#74Dana80US #71
#75Kristine79US #157
#76Kristi78US #98
#77Catherine77US #72
#78Courtney77US #68
#79Kristen77US #62
#80Monica77US #42
#81Cynthia75US #50
#82Jacqueline75US #81
#83Patricia74US #48
#84Margaret72US #110
#85Teresa72US #88
#86Trisha72US #171
#87Michele71US #86
#88Leah70US #108
#89Erika69US #104
#90Alicia65US #58
#91Kara65US #127
#92Valerie65US #92
#93Lindsay63US #95
#94Mandy63US #96
#95Robin63US #89
#96Tonya63US #77
#97Melinda61US #84
#98Christy60US #59
#99Denise60US #85
#100Jaclyn60US #131

Boys

#1Michael1,391US #1
#2Jason1,388US #2
#3Matthew1,090US #6
#4Christopher923US #3
#5Ryan837US #14
#6Brian794US #9
#7David769US #4
#8Andrew713US #22
#9Daniel689US #11
#10Nicholas689US #25
#11Joshua685US #12
#12Joseph603US #10
#13James584US #5
#14Timothy573US #17
#15Eric555US #16
#16Jeremy546US #18
#17John514US #7
#18Robert514US #8
#19Scott501US #30
#20Kevin499US #15
#21Adam474US #29
#22Chad460US #35
#23Jeffrey438US #19
#24Benjamin434US #34
#25Aaron409US #32
#26Steven399US #24
#27Mark392US #26
#28Nathan379US #36
#29Paul366US #33
#30Justin331US #28
#31Thomas327US #23
#32Anthony326US #20
#33William318US #13
#34Richard249US #21
#35Travis247US #46
#36Shawn230US #39
#37Peter229US #54
#38Bradley222US #53
#39Craig210US #66
#40Jesse207US #51
#41Jacob205US #50
#42Jonathan205US #31
#43Patrick186US #42
#44Todd180US #56
#45Charles177US #27
#46Cory173US #73
#47Gregory171US #38
#48Kyle161US #63
#49Bryan159US #43
#50Joel149US #74
#51Shaun141US #52
#52Brandon139US #40
#53Keith137US #49
#54Shane136US #65
#55Corey127US #61
#56Kenneth121US #41
#57Stephen121US #37
#58Troy120US #88
#59Derek114US #75
#60Douglas112US #59
#61Erik108US #85
#62Jamie107US #95
#63Samuel104US #57
#64Jeremiah103US #81
#65Sean102US #45
#66Lucas100US #136
#67Jared98US #72
#68Brent94US #87
#69Donald93US #48
#70Luke85US #139
#71Brad81US #123
#72Zachary80US #89
#73Kurt77
#74Casey74US #92
#75Jon74US #108
#76Dennis73US #71
#77Dustin73US #68
#78Nathaniel71US #94
#79Ronald71US #55
#80Brett69US #112
#81Lee69US #133
#82Tyler69US #150
#83Russell67US #93
#84Phillip66US #67
#85Seth65US #106
#86Terry65US #91
#87Curtis64US #96
#88Neil62US #159
#89Edward61US #47
#90Jay60US #119
#91Jeffery60US #80
#92Randy60US #86
#93Lance59US #134
#94Gary58US #60
#95Kristopher58US #104
#96Philip53US #84
#97Alan52US #122
#98Mathew51US #182
#99Larry49US #64
#100Tony48US #97

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑42Shaun#51
↑29Lucas#66
↑26Crystal#40
↑25Samantha#70
↑25Nicholas#10
↑22Anna#69
↑22Dustin#77
↑18Nichole#67

Falling

↓28Jaime#68
↓24Tammy#56
↓23Tony#100
↓20Robin#95
↓20Gary#94
↓19Wendy#66
↓18Edward#89
↓17Erika#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.